Overview
- The world premiere follows three weeks of previews in the city where Prince defined the Minneapolis sound.
- Producer Orin Wolf leads a team including playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and director Lileana Blain-Cruz, with Prince collaborators Bobby Z. and Morris Hayes advising the music.
- Kris Kollins makes his professional acting debut as the Kid opposite Rachel Webb as Apollonia, with a largely young cast.
- The adaptation expands the film’s nine songs to roughly two dozen selections from across Prince’s catalog and runs about 2 hours 30 minutes plus a 15-minute intermission.
- The engagement functions as a pre-Broadway test that solicits audience response before a possible New York transfer, with Minneapolis landmarks lighting up purple for opening night.